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I McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, December 3, 1936 -BELK CO. “Greenwood’s Leading Department Store BETTER VALUES FOR DECEMBER. December 1936 we expect to be best Month Since we came to Greenwood and our Better Values will make this possible. * Our 5th floor is filled with Better Toy and Gift Values. BETTER SHOE VALUES* All Shoes fitted by X-Ray at Gallant- Belk Co. ' Better Values in Dry Goods at Gallant- mi Belt Co. Our Big Ready to Wear Department is filled with Better Values. Visit our Big Store, 5 floors filled with Better Values. 1 ’. ■ j _ Get 32 Piece Set Dishes for $1.95 here with $15.00 in Purchase slips. Buy Men’s and Boys’ Clothing here for Less Money. » 4 String Brooms 12 Cakes Octagon Soap 9 x 12 Felt Base 6 x 9 Felt Base 4 Rugs Men’s Work Slioes Come to Greenwood and to Gallant- Belk for Better Values. USE OUR LAY AWAY PLAN. Santa Claus has his Work Shop here. See the many Better Toys for Children here. GALLANT-BELK CO GREENWOOD, S. G Home of Better Values 'eiwatii The ladies of the McCormick Methodist church will have their annual bazaar at the community house Thursday, December 10th. A regular turkey dinner will be served from 12 to 2:30; price per plate, 50 cents for adults and 30 cents for children. Any articles for sale, such as aprons, dolls or fancy work, will be greatly appreciated. Mr. J. M. Hemminger of Willing- ton was a visitor here Tuesday. Mr. Jack Burley of Charlotte, N. C., spent Tuesday night here in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Strom. Mr. W. R. Miner of Plum Branch was a visiter here yesterday. Mr. R. N. Edmunds of Parksville was a visitor here Saturday. Mr. J. L. Bracknell of Plum Branch was a visitor here Monday. Mr. and Mrs. H. Drucker spent Thanksgiving Day with their daughter. Miss Rebecca Drucker, student of Agnes Scott College, De catur, Ga. attendants. The bride and groom entered "ogether ard stepd before the al tar effectively decorated with southern smilax and floor baskets on either side filled with white chrysanthemums. The bride wore a brown velvet dress trimmed with lace, a corsage of pink talisman roses and lilies of the valley. She changed to a brown travel ing suit with accessories to match and the couple left after an in formal reception. The bride, an at tractive brunette, was graduated from Winthrop college, and has taught in Barnwell, Denmark, Spiingfield and McCormick high schools. She comes from fami’ies preminent in the social and politi cal life of Richland and Lexington counties. After an extended motor trip the couple will return to Elko to make their future home. Among the out-of-town guests were Mrs. Inez Jenkins and Mr. George Rheney of Hephzibah, Ga.. Mr. and Mrs. David Wardlaw and son of McCormick. Farm Income Shows Continued Gain Mr. A. C. Bradshaw of Parks ville was a visitor here Saturday. Mir. and Mrs. J. Allen McNeill of Farmers’ cash income from the sale of their products amounted to $886,000,000 in October compared with $752,000,000 in September and with $802,000,000 in October of last year, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics reported Monday. The gain in October this year over last was due chiefly to larger Greensboro, N. C., spent the sales of cotton and hogs and to Thanksgiving holidays with Mr. the higher prices of cotton, po- McNeill’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. tatoes, and dairy products. The H. McNeill, of this city. peak in farm marketings and in income from, crops occurs in Oc- the tober. Due to smaller production of several important crops this year Spend the day guests in home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Me Neill Friday, Nov. 23, were Mr. and SU ch as corn, apples and potatoes, Mrs. Press S. Mayson and family, income from crops increased less Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Baughman and than usual from September to Oc- family, Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Hen- tober. derson and family, Mr. and Mrs. | The income from livestock and W. R. McNeill and children, Mr. livestock products increased more and Mrs. H. F. Edwards and chil- than usually from September to dren, as well as Mr. and Mrs. J. A. October, especially in the case of McNeill. All the children and dairy products and hogs. The vol- grandchildren were present for the ume of sales of these products was day with the exception of Mr. F. ‘ relatively heavy this October and O. McNeill and family of Conway, was accompanied by well sustain- S. C. ed prices. Government payments to farmers in October amounted to $22,000,000 as compared v/ith $6,000,000 In Sep tember and with $62,000,000 in Oc- Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Penn and fam- J tober of last year. The Agricultur- ily, Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Penn and a i Conservation payments have be- family were spend the day guests g Un but are moving somewhat more Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. slowly than anticipated; present Coleman. estimates of payments to be made -—xx m November and December indi cate that total Government pay ments to farmers for the year 1936 will amount to about $300,000,000 Of cordial interest to a wide cir- • compared with $583,000,000 in 1935. cle of friends is the announcement j It now appears that farmers’ tota of the marriage of Miss Mazie cash income from their products Othela Ellison and Mr. Henry Cal- and from Government payments houn Sandifer which took place for the year 1936 is likely to reach Friday evening, November 27, 1936, about $7,800,000,000 MV. J. P. Brunson of Parksville was a visitor here Monday. Ellison-Sandifer -XX- Weekly Cotton Grade And Staple Reports For Southeastern States For Week Ending Nov. 26, 1936 Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 28.—The week ly reports or grade and staple of the current cotton crcp for States in the Southeast issued by the At lanta office of the Bureau of Ag ricultural Economics reveal, when their heme with Mrs. Sandifer, the groom’s mother. v at 8:30 o’clock at the Baptist Pas- tcrium here with the Rev. A. Thari Persons officiating. Mrs. Sandifer is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. V. Z. Ellison, of the Chestnut Ridge sec tion of this county, and was a pop ular member of the Sophomore Class of the McCormick High School. Mr. Sandifer is the son of Mrs. Cora A. Sandifer and the late E. Monroe Sandifer formerly of Bam berg, S. C. For the past several years the family has resided near McCormick. Mr. Sandifer is now as sistant manager of the Dixie Store here. After a shoit wedding trip compared with reports cf last year’s h ? PPy y0U ^ g ,L 0UP i e _^ n i m !, ke cr °P> a considerable improvement in staple length for the 1936 crop. The improvement in staple length is indicated by smaller proportions for # lengths shorter than 7-8 inch and by larger proportions for lengths 1 inch and longer. The de crease in the proportions for lengths shorter than 7-8 inch has taken place in each state for which reports are issued by the Atlanta office, including Alabama. Florida. Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. In Alabama the decrease in the proportions for the short lengths has been very pronounced—from about 35 per cent of samples classed up to this time last year to 5 per cent of sam ples classed up to this date from the 1936 crop. For each State reported by the Atlanta office, with the exception of Virginia, the proportion for cot ton 1 inch and longer is larger up to this time this year than, was the proportion to corresponding ’ ‘ Johnson-Lever Williston, S. C., Nov. 28.—One of the most interesting cf the fall weddings in Barnwell county and one marked by beauty and sim plicity was that of Miss Martha Elizabeth Johnson, only daughter of Mr. Ralph Robert Johnson and the late Mrs. Annie Hunter John son, to Mr. Thomas Coke Smith Lever of Columbia, S. C., which took place at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 18th, at their country home, “The Pines,” near Elko. The Rev. N. Hoyt Adams of Elko Baptist church, pastor of the bride, officiated. Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. Inez Jenkins, sister of the groom and a member of the Hephzibah (Ga.) schools, played several piano selections, among them Shubert’s Serenade, followed by Mendels sohn’s Wedding March. ^ Only members of the two fami lies assembled in the parlor, which was attractively decorated .and lighted by candles. There were no JESTER’S CASH MARKET Phone No. 25 Main Street McCORMICK, S. C. Fresh Meats of All Kinds, Fish And Oysters. We deliver anywhere in town at all times. 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Get Pursang from your druggist. r • Experience Service Facilities Those are the important things in measuring the worth of a funeral director, and should be borne in mind when you have occasion to choose one DISTANCE IS NO HINDRANCE TO OUR SERVICE and there is no additional charge for service oat of town J. S. StROM Main Street McCormick, S. C. comparisons: Georgia from 25 per burg 2, Union 2, York 2. cent last year to 33 per cent this These 27 power terracing units year; Alabama from 4^ per cent I with the 15 similar units owned to 12 per cent; South Carolina from by the State Soil Conservation As- 53 per cent to 72 per cent; North sociation make a total of 42 power Carolina from 42 per cent to 611 terracing units in operation in the per cent. -xx- 40 Terracing Units Work To Save Soil date last season. The increases in the proportions for 1 inch and longer lengths for the, four principal cot ton producing States of the South east for the present season to date over last season to corresponding date are indicated by the following Anderson Jo’ns Procession of Coun ties with Power Terracing Equip ment Clemson, Nov. 28. — Anderson county officials have agreed to pur chase two power terracing units for the use of the Anderson County Soil Conservation Association. These units will bring the total to 27 power terracing units purchased by 18 counties during the past year, says E. C. Turner, extension soil conservation specialist. The counties which have pur chased units are: Abbeville 1, Aiken 2, Anderson 2, Cherokee 1, Chester 1, Fairfield 1* Greenville 2, Green wood 1, Lancaster ,1, Laurens 2, Newberry 1, Oconee 2, Orangeburg 2, Pickens 1, Richland 1, Spartan- gram. 1 state by the 19 county soil conser vation associations. These units should terrace on the average of about 630 acres of land per day; or on a yearly basis, considering the average number of operation hours these units are able to ter race, over 60,000 acres of cultivated land per year. Turner estimates. The state association’s 15 terrac ing units have been distributed- to 15 of the 19 counties, the plan being to rotate them among the counties to assist the county as sociations in their work. “County delegations of several ether counties have agreed to pur chase terracing units just as soon as county assistants in soil conser vation can be placed in their coun ties to supervise the work”, says Turner. “If funds were available for this purpose, within a short time every county in the state that needs terracing and soil conserva tion work would have a county as sociation and would be engaged in an, active soil conservation pro-